William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907.
To Anthea, Who May Command Him AnythingRobert Herrick (15911674)
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Thy Protestant to be;
Or bid me love, and I will give
A loving heart to thee.
A heart as sound and free
As in the whole world thou canst find,
That heart I’ll give to thee.
To honour thy decree:
Or bid it languish quite away,
And ’t shall do so for thee.
While I have eyes to see:
And, having none, yet will I keep
A heart to weep for thee.
Under that cypress-tree:
Or bid me die, and I will dare
E’en death to die for thee.
The very eyes of me:
And hast command of every part
To live and die for thee.